Russia-Ukraine War: 4 killed in drone attack in Ukraine's Kyiv, Russian missile strikes apartment building in Mykolaiv

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• Oct 18, 2022 | Guriya Khatun

A witness told Reuters that a Russian missile struck an apartment building in the maritime city of Mykolaiv on Tuesday morning.

Digital Desk: Drones carrying explosives targeted Kyiv on Monday, the capital of Ukraine, killing at least four people. 

Following the destruction of a vital bridge earlier this month that connected Russia and the annexation of Crimea, Russia launched a second round of airstrikes against Ukraine.

A witness told Reuters that a Russian missile struck an apartment building in the maritime city of Mykolaiv on Tuesday morning.

The witness told Reuters that a fire brigade extricated a man's body from the wreckage after a building wing was totally destroyed.

Following are the major story developments:

• Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the president of Ukraine, claimed on Monday that Russia used drones armed with explosives to strike Kyiv. The incident, which was the second of its type in a week after a crucial bridge linking Russia and Crimea was damaged earlier this month, claimed at least four lives.

"Right now, there is a new Russian drone strike," Zelenskyy stated in his video address. "Ukrainian military shot down some of the drones."

• The White House warned that it will hold Russia responsible for its "war crimes" after the assaults. Karine Jean-Pierre, the press secretary for US President Joe Biden, reportedly spoke to the media and declared that the White House "strongly condemns" Russia's missile strikes and that the attack "continues to highlight Putin's savagery."

• According to a witness, a Russian missile targeted an apartment building in the Ukrainian port city of Mykolaiv on Tuesday morning, less than a day after the drone attacks, according to Reuters.

• The witness claimed that the missile entirely demolished one of the building's wings and that a fire crew pulled a man's body from the wreckage.

• In Yeysk, a city in southern Russia, a warplane's engine failed and it fell into a civilian area. A nine-story apartment building caught fire and several of its levels were consumed, resulting in at least 13 fatalities.

• According to the Russian Defense Ministry, a Su-34 bomber was taking off for a training mission when one of its engines caught fire crashed into the city. The crew members safely exited the aircraft, but it crashed into a neighbourhood.

• Meanwhile, the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station in southern Ukraine has had two senior staff kidnapped, according to Ukraine's state nuclear energy agency.